- Changed the label for the desktop app in both English and Chinese README files to "Yao Desktop" for consistency and improved branding.
- Ensured that the visual elements align with the updated terminology across both language versions.
Think of Yao Agent as a cage, not an animal. What you put inside determines the behavior; the cage keeps it controlled.
Every request flows through the same pipeline:
Create Hook runs before the executor — inject context, enforce constraints, route requests. Next Hook runs after — validate output, trigger downstream actions, drive multi-step loops. The AI does the heavy lifting. You define the boundaries.
Deterministic logic, routing, menu flows — no AI needed
All three share the same Hook interface. You can mix them freely — route some requests through the LLM, handle others with pure code, all inside a single Create Hook.
Features
Agent Framework
TypeScript Hooks — Create and Next hooks intercept every request; built-in V8 engine
Native MCP Support — Connect tools via process, SSE, or STDIO transport
Memory API — Four scopes: request-level, session, user, team
Multi-Agent — Delegate to specialist agents or call agents in parallel
CLI Agent / Sandbox — Run Claude Code (or other CLI runners) in an isolated container with VNC desktop support
Skills Ecosystem — Drop reusable capability packs (SKILL.md) into any CLI Agent
Full-Stack Runtime
Everything in a single executable:
Data Models — Define database tables and relations in JSON/YAML
REST APIs — Map routes to model queries or TypeScript processors
SUI Pages — Component-based web UI with server-side rendering
Chat UI (CUI) — Built-in conversation interface for agents
TypeScript — Built-in V8 engine; no Node.js required
Single Binary — Runs on ARM64/x64; no Python, Node, or containers needed on the host
Built-in Search
Vector Search — Embeddings with OpenAI or FastEmbed
Knowledge Graph — Entity-relationship retrieval
GraphRAG — Hybrid vector + graph search
About the Name
Yao (爻, yáo) is the fundamental symbol in the I Ching — the building block of the eight trigrams. Like a binary digit, it has two states. Their combinations describe the patterns of everything.
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